Improvement in water-wheels



tant @anni E ZEKI E L MCGUI RE; or E AT on, o nro. Letters Patent No.85,683, dated Ja/nua/ ry 5, 1869. v

MROVEIWENT IN WATER-W'EEELS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of thesame.

To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Beit known thatI, EzEKrELW.MCGU1RE, of Eaton, in the county of Preble,and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usei'ulrlmprovements inHydrostatic Water-Wheels; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear,r and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1represents a side elevation of my wheel when in position for use;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the base or plate ongwhich the wheelrevolves;

Figure 3, an inverted view of my water-wheel; and- Figure 4, across-section, taken through one of the openings in the plate or baseupon which the wheel stands, showing'its shape or inclination.

' The nature of my invention consists in the employ-v ment of certaindevices, the peculiarities. of which will be hereinafter set fort Y Toenable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, tomake and employ the same, I

will now describe its construction and operation.

vInv the accompanying drawings- A represents a reservoir or tank forwater, which is made, atiiislower end, to extend outwards a short dis-'tance from the main part ofthe tank.

Upon the projecting portion of the tank or reservoir- A is secured theplate or base, B, which is provided at its centre with a circular angeor rim, b.

b' b' designate openings running ldiagonally through that portion oftheplate B encircled by the rim or 'flange b, and are designed to allow thewater from the chamber of the projecting part of reservoir A to come incontact with the wheel O, the water from the main pa'rt of the tank orreservoir being introducedinto the vabove-named chamber by means'of asliding gate, d,

shown indotted lines in iig. 1.

O designates the wheel, which is scooped out or concaved on its upperside, w'th a hollow shoulder or receptacle for its shaft left thereon,in the centre of its concavity.

The lower side of wheel C is constructed with a convex surface, n which,and running flush with its lower` central portion, as seen in iig. 3,are formed segmentary partitions, c c, which are slightly curved outwardat their upper ends, as shown in fig. 1, and between lsaid partitionsare formed the buckets, cc, made as seen iniig. 3.

D is a vertical shaft, confined at its upper end by means of ahorizontal support or bar, g, secured to the side of the reservoir A,and fastened at its lower end in the centre of wheel O. l

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent, isl Thereservoir A, sliding gate d, bar or support g, shaft D,wheel O, plate B,4and oblique openings b b, all combined, constructed, arranged, andoperating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I affix my signature,in presence of two Witnesses.

E ZEKIEL W. MCGUIRE.

Witnesses L. 0. ABBOTT, S. .S. Dix.

